Teaching With Aesop's Fables

Title

en_US Teaching With Aesop's Fables

en_US Scholastic Professional Books

Description

en_US By Theda Detlor

Creator

en_US Detlor, Theda See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Brooks, Nan

Date

2016-01-25T19:03:07Z

en_US 2001-10

en_US 2001

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:03:07Z

Date Issued

en_US 2001

Abstract

en_US The overly-long subtitle gives a good sense of this booklet: 12 Reproducible Read-Aloud Tales With Instant Activities That Get Kids Discussing, Writing About, and Acting On the Important Lessons in These Wise and Classic Stories. I find the booklet well done. The early material gives both a good apologia for using fables in the classroom (4-5) and a good overview of the features on the four pages given to each fable (6-7). Each fable gets a good single page for text, illustration, and moral. The morals are nicely pointed and idiomatic, e.g., Little by little does the trick! for CP and Easier Said Than Done for BC. Further features include activities, discussion, vocabulary, links to other subjects, and good related books. The author notes well a propos of TH that children generally interpret Slow and steady wins the race literally; they state that the moral is about how to win a race (23). She urges getting them to see that fables are about many situations. I am delighted to see that SW is told in the better form (24). There are suggestions at the end for children to create fables. The selection of fables is good. Other than those already mentioned, the following are presented here: LM, OR, TMCM, FS, BW, FG, FC, and GA.

Identifier

en_US 0439131200

en_US 4227 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/79503

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Scholastic Inc

en_US New York

Subject

en_US LB1583.8.D46 2001 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole